Eli Cash You're in love with Richie. Which is sick and gross.
2nd most-quoted character in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001): in 24 of its 107 quotes
Most scenes with: Richie Tenenbaum (5), Margot Tenenbaum (5), Chas Tenenbaum (2)
The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. "Vámonos, amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.
More lines from Eli Cash
9 quotes Eli Cash Eli Cash She's married, you know. And she's your sister.
Eli Cash Why would a reviewer make the point of saying someone's not a genius? Do you especially think I'm not a genius? . . . You didn't even have to think about it, did you?
Eli Cash [immediately after wrecking his car]
Where's my shoe?
Eli Cash Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
Eli Cash [while running away from an intervention]
Skiddly, skiddly!
Eli Cash [speaking to Margot]
I'm not in love with you any more.
Eli Cash Mar: I didnt think you ever were.
Eli: Let's not make this harder than it already is.
Mar: Ok.
Eli: Ok what?
Mar: Ok, I'm not in love with you any more either.
Eli: I know. You're in love with Richie, which is sick and gross.
Mar: Do you send my mother your clippings? And your grades in ---
Eli: Please stop belittling me. You never gave me the time of day until I started getting good reviews.
Mar: The reviews aren't that good.
Eli: But the sales are.
Eli Cash Wildcat was written in a kind of obsolete vernacular. Wildcat...pkow. Okay, I'm gonna go.
Scenes with Eli Cash
14 scenes Eli I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum.
Me too, me too.
Eli I need help...
Me, too.
Eli I wish you'd've done this for me when I was a kid.
But you didn't have a drug problem then.
Eli Yeah, but it still would've meant a lot to me.
'Peter Bradley: [Eli is on drugs while being interviewed on television] Now, your previous novel...
Eli Yes, "Wildcat".
Peter Bradley Not a success. Why?
Eli Well... "Wildcat" was written in a kind of obselete vernacular...
Eli [long pause]
... wildcat... wild... cat...
Eli [he stares into space]
... pow... wildcat... I'm going to go.
Did you say you were on Mescaline?
Eli I did indeed. Very much so.
How often do you-
Eli I'm worried about you, Richie. I found it odd when you said you were in love with Margot. She's married, you know.
Mm hm.
Eli And she's your sister.
Adopted.
Eli Mm.
Eli I'm not in love with you any more.
I didn't ever know that you were.
Eli Let's not make this any more difficult than it already is.
Eli How's Richie?
I don't know. I can't tell.
Eli Yeah, me neither. He wrote me a letter. He says he's in love with you.
What are you talking about?
Eli That's what he said. I don't know how we're supposed to take it.
Eli I'm very sorry, Margot.
It's okay. We're not actually related anyway.
Eli True.
Eli You never even gave me the time of day till I started getting good reviews.
Your reviews weren't that good.
Eli But the sales are.
Did you tell Margot about that letter I wrote to you?
Eli Why? Did she mention it? Yes, I did. Why would she repeat that?
I would ask you the same question.
Eli What'd you say?
Hmm? I didn't say anything.
Eli When? Right now?
Eli I did find it odd when you said you were in love with her. She's married you know.
Yeah.
Eli And she's your sister.
Adopted.
Eli Cash You never gave me the time of day until I started getting good reviews.
Your reviews aren't that good.
Eli Cash Did I hit the dog?
Yeah.
Eli Cash Is he dead?
Yeah.
Eli Cash ...I need help.
So do I.
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